Chapter 3
"What a fool Inuyasha is," Naraku said in his private quarters. He sat on the floor, his baboon cloak dropped down so his head was revealed. "He and his friends destruction is near, and soon I will have all the Shikon jewel shards." He was silent for a moment. "But what is this new power I sense? I have never felt anything like it before. It is not a demon or the power of the sacred jewel, so what could it be?"
He remained silent for a moment more.
"It will be a useful tool." Naraku said. "Yes, it will be very useful. Kagura, Kohaku." Naraku called out and both appeared from the shadows.
"Yes, lord Naraku." Both said, Kagura with a little wave of her fan.
"I have a mission for you, Kagura," Naraku said. "I have felt a force appear recently, and I want you to investigate the source of it."
"Yes, my lord." Kagura said.
"Take this." Naraku said and gave her a jewel shard. "When you find the source give it the shard."
"Yes, lord Naraku but are you sure that is wise?" Kagura asked.
"Do not question my decisions, Kagura," Naraku said. "I would never give up a shard unless I wanted it. You should know that."
"Of course." She said.
"Now go and find the
source, but Kagura," Naraku said. "Do not try and escape from me.
You know what will happen if you try."
Kagura gulped. "Yes,
Lord Naraku." She said and disappeared back into the shadows.
"What task do you have for me, Lord Naraku?" Kohak asked.
"I want you to lead Inuyasha and the others to the source of the new power. Make sure that they encounter each other. As I have planned one should destroy the other."
"Yes, Lord Naraku." Kohaku said and disappeared as well.
"Soon, Inuyasha," Naraku said. "Soon you and your companions will be destroyed and nothing will stand in my way."
He paused again.
"Hmm, another strange presence." He said thoughtfully. "Much different from the first, though somehow very similar. I will have to investigate this new disturbance. It's power is much darker, but equal in intensity. I wonder what it could be?"
Naraku pulled his white baboon cloak over his head.
"And how I can use it for my own gain?"
He disappeared.